✨ Painterly Portraits: Creating Fine Art In Camera
Before Photoshop. Before brushes. Before blending modes.
This is where fine art portraits truly begin.
In this 2-hour downloadable course, you’ll learn how I create painterly, fine-art style portraits in camera—using intentional lighting and perspective choices that dramatically simplify the editing process later.
A beautifully crafted image doesn’t start in post-production. When the lighting, angles, and mood are right from the beginning, distractions fall away naturally, highlights and shadows become sculptural, and the final image feels cohesive, timeless, and painterly—before you ever open Photoshop.
This course focuses on building a strong foundation so your edits become about enhancement, not repair.
🎨 What You’ll Learn
✔️ How to use a strobe, softbox, and reflector to create a painterly, fine-art look straight out of camera
✔️ How to achieve this setup in your home, even without a studio
✔️ How to shoot with intention—using perspective and camera angle to flatter your subject and guide the viewer’s eye
✔️ How to eliminate visual distractions after the capture stage for cleaner, more balanced images
✔️ How to exaggerate highlights and shadows using Blend If for added depth
✔️ How to refine facial and body details with dodging and burning
✔️ How to blend an artistic background using No Tool Brushes and the Pattern Stamp Tool
📸 A Note on the Images
For privacy reasons, the subject image is not included with this course. My 2026 Floral Set of 10 images is included.
This is intentional—because the goal is to inspire you to create your own images, using your own camera, your own subjects, and your own artistic voice.
This course is about building confidence behind the camera and empowering you to create fine art portraits that are unmistakably yours.
🧰 Tools Used in This Course
(All optional—nothing is required to achieve this look)
• Retouch Set
• Nikki’s Favourite Brush Set
• No Tool Brush Set
• 2025 Photoshop Painting Brushes Variety Set
• Optional: Floral Set 2026 - INCLUDED in Course
All tools used are available in my store, but you’re welcome to use whatever brushes or resources you already have. Technique always comes first.
📥 Additional Software used: Exposure Software
(optional – simply part of my personal workflow)
https://exposure.software/
This is a downloadable course, allowing you to watch and rewatch anytime as your skills grow.
✨ Painterly Portraits: Creating Fine Art In Camera
Before Photoshop. Before brushes. Before blending modes.
This is where fine art portraits truly begin.
In this 2-hour downloadable course, you’ll learn how I create painterly, fine-art style portraits in camera—using intentional lighting and perspective choices that dramatically simplify the editing process later.
A beautifully crafted image doesn’t start in post-production. When the lighting, angles, and mood are right from the beginning, distractions fall away naturally, highlights and shadows become sculptural, and the final image feels cohesive, timeless, and painterly—before you ever open Photoshop.
This course focuses on building a strong foundation so your edits become about enhancement, not repair.
🎨 What You’ll Learn
✔️ How to use a strobe, softbox, and reflector to create a painterly, fine-art look straight out of camera
✔️ How to achieve this setup in your home, even without a studio
✔️ How to shoot with intention—using perspective and camera angle to flatter your subject and guide the viewer’s eye
✔️ How to eliminate visual distractions after the capture stage for cleaner, more balanced images
✔️ How to exaggerate highlights and shadows using Blend If for added depth
✔️ How to refine facial and body details with dodging and burning
✔️ How to blend an artistic background using No Tool Brushes and the Pattern Stamp Tool
📸 A Note on the Images
For privacy reasons, the subject image is not included with this course. My 2026 Floral Set of 10 images is included.
This is intentional—because the goal is to inspire you to create your own images, using your own camera, your own subjects, and your own artistic voice.
This course is about building confidence behind the camera and empowering you to create fine art portraits that are unmistakably yours.
🧰 Tools Used in This Course
(All optional—nothing is required to achieve this look)
• Retouch Set
• Nikki’s Favourite Brush Set
• No Tool Brush Set
• 2025 Photoshop Painting Brushes Variety Set
• Optional: Floral Set 2026 - INCLUDED in Course
All tools used are available in my store, but you’re welcome to use whatever brushes or resources you already have. Technique always comes first.
📥 Additional Software used: Exposure Software
(optional – simply part of my personal workflow)
https://exposure.software/
This is a downloadable course, allowing you to watch and rewatch anytime as your skills grow.
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